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Parenthood brings joy like no other and sadness like no other. I firmly believe parenthood is a method to test our sanity, and if we come out on top after raising children with a brain that still works, a smile upon our face and children that survived to become well rounded adults – that we mastered it. It’s the path along the way that gets use shook up. I blamed myself for my son Aj having issues. After all, I wasn’t prepared to be a mom for a second time when I found out I was pregnant. I didn’t want to have another baby just yet, my life was simple as a mom of one and I enjoyed having my daughter getting to that fun age of doing more. I …

I don’t think I have ever really been so stressed that my body reacted from the level of worry and stress I was under. Although I am overall a positive person who tries her hardest to remain calm and focus on positive energy I am human and things to pile up on me sometimes. That is what happened on Monday, my mind got put on overload with some issues and more sleep issues on top of that. I woke up to find my stomach was feeling all stretched and uncomfortable and my mind was foggy. I could barely do a thing, all I wanted to do was sleep. Well later that day I started my monthly non-friend as I call it and it was not scheduled to arrive this week …